Weekly herald vol. 9 no. 47

THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, OR MORMONS IN GLAS-GOW, SCOTLAND.—Hearing that a branch of this sect (writes a correspondent,) was established in Glasgow, I attended their meeting on Sunday last. It was held in a large room in the Trongate, capa-ble of seating about 500 persons. Nearly every person was in mourning for the prophet. Many of the men were dressed in black clothes, as were some of the women and children, and the rest had their hats and bonnets trimmed with black riband or crape. As each person entered he was greeted by the brethren, and a general shaking of hands took place, and a smart conversation, in loud tones, was kept up throughout the meeting. At the end of the room was a pulpit hung with black cloth, and in and around it were a few men who were spoken of as the "priests," "elders," and "teach-ers." In the pulpit was a man named Cairns, from Nauvoo, in the United States, the great centre of the fraud. He was a "smart" looking man, with a countenance expressive of great earnest-ness. I learned from one of the brethren that this was a sort of "conference morning," to ascertain the state of the Church in the Glasgow Confe-rence. Suddenly a man rose up, and moved that brother Cairns be appointed President for the day, which was put to a show of hands—both men and women voting—and declared to be carried. Another person was called to another office, the precise purport of which I could not hear. A prayer was then made, and a hymn sung, after which Cairns stood up and said, "You are met this morn-ing to receive a report from the churches represent-ed in the Glasgow Conference. We want to under-stand the exact number and 'standing of the Saints.' We want to know what effect the mur-der of our beloved Prophet has had upon Saints, and upon the world round about. Be brief and to the point, and don't sermonise, but give us facts." He then called upon a number of delegates, who reported as follows:
CHURCHES. MEMBERS. CHURCHES. MEMBERS
Glasgow............431 Ayr.....................6
Paisley................84 Airdyle...........103
Johnstone...........38 Campsie .........26
A place (not ascer-tained)..39 Lanark.............11
Pollokshaws........69 Tollcross..........57
Greenock............72 Renfrew..........18
Bonhill.................29 Irvine..............20
Kilburnie..............64 Dairy................6
Kilmarnock..........61
I was amazed at the extent to which this imposture has spread in religious and intelligent Scotland, for the majority of these delegates appeared zealous. The numbers given above were stated somethimes to include, and at other times to exclude, priests, deacons, and teachers; and it was stated that a conference of other "churches" assembled at Edinburgh. The delegate from Kilbirnie said, “that the saints at Kilbirnie shed tears of sorrow when they heard of the murder of their beloved prophet; but they took it as a testimony that his work was of God." Another delegate said, that “many saints in this place would willingly have taken a bayonet to defend the prophet, and that they were quite ready now to revenge his death." Cairns: "Oh, God will do that, brother."—The delegate: "Yes, but I should think he will use men as his instruments."—The delegate from Campsie appeared to stumble in his faith. He said, "I must confess that with us there were those who hardly expected the prophet would die. We didn't believe it first, for we expected would live to lead on the people of God, and perhaps to be President of America—But, as I said to them, maybe the prophet has done wrong. However, after a little, they became re-conciled, and thought it was all right; still many of them think that perhaps God will bring him to life, again. Which may God grant. Amen!"—Whereupon the meeting cried out "Amen!" The people who composed this meeting seemed decent and orderly people; and it is only to be regretted that any of our countrymen should be so easily de-luded. Towards the close Cairns read a letter, which he said was from a postmaster, who lived about 105 miles from Nauvoo, giving an account of Smith's death. It also stated that Smith knew he was about to die, for he called the Church to-gether, and appointed a successor, and 15 days be-fore his death he gave orders to have a vault fin-ished that had been standing for some time in a half-built state; and he had it nicely whitewashed, and gates hung upon it, so that it might be ready for him; and this the Glasgow Latter-Day Saints appeared eager enough to swallow.—Glasgow Ex-aminer.

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THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS, OR MORMONS IN GLAS-GOW, SCOTLAND.—Hearing that a branch of this sect (writes a correspondent,) was established in Glasgow, I attended their meeting on Sunday last. It was held in a large room in the Trongate, capa-ble of seating about 500 persons. Nearly every person was in mourning for the prophet. Many of the men were dressed in black clothes, as were some of the women and children, and the rest had their hats and bonnets trimmed with black riband or crape. As each person entered he was greeted by the brethren, and a general shaking of hands took place, and a smart conversation, in loud tones, was kept up throughout the meeting. At the end of the room was a pulpit hung with black cloth, and in and around it were a few men who were spoken of as the "priests," "elders," and "teach-ers." In the pulpit was a man named Cairns, from Nauvoo, in the United States, the great centre of the fraud. He was a "smart" looking man, with a countenance expressive of great earnest-ness. I learned from one of the brethren that this was a sort of "conference morning," to ascertain the state of the Church in the Glasgow Confe-rence. Suddenly a man rose up, and moved that brother Cairns be appointed President for the day, which was put to a show of hands—both men and women voting—and declared to be carried. Another person was called to another office, the precise purport of which I could not hear. A prayer was then made, and a hymn sung, after which Cairns stood up and said, "You are met this morn-ing to receive a report from the churches represent-ed in the Glasgow Conference. We want to under-stand the exact number and 'standing of the Saints.' We want to know what effect the mur-der of our beloved Prophet has had upon Saints, and upon the world round about. Be brief and to the point, and don't sermonise, but give us facts." He then called upon a number of delegates, who reported as follows:
CHURCHES. MEMBERS. CHURCHES. MEMBERS
Glasgow............431 Ayr.....................6
Paisley................84 Airdyle...........103
Johnstone...........38 Campsie .........26
A place (not ascer-tained)..39 Lanark.............11
Pollokshaws........69 Tollcross..........57
Greenock............72 Renfrew..........18
Bonhill.................29 Irvine..............20
Kilburnie..............64 Dairy................6
Kilmarnock..........61
I was amazed at the extent to which this imposture has spread in religious and intelligent Scotland, for the majority of these delegates appeared zealous. The numbers given above were stated somethimes to include, and at other times to exclude, priests, deacons, and teachers; and it was stated that a conference of other "churches" assembled at Edinburgh. The delegate from Kilbirnie said, “that the saints at Kilbirnie shed tears of sorrow when they heard of the murder of their beloved prophet; but they took it as a testimony that his work was of God." Another delegate said, that “many saints in this place would willingly have taken a bayonet to defend the prophet, and that they were quite ready now to revenge his death." Cairns: "Oh, God will do that, brother."—The delegate: "Yes, but I should think he will use men as his instruments."—The delegate from Campsie appeared to stumble in his faith. He said, "I must confess that with us there were those who hardly expected the prophet would die. We didn't believe it first, for we expected would live to lead on the people of God, and perhaps to be President of America—But, as I said to them, maybe the prophet has done wrong. However, after a little, they became re-conciled, and thought it was all right; still many of them think that perhaps God will bring him to life, again. Which may God grant. Amen!"—Whereupon the meeting cried out "Amen!" The people who composed this meeting seemed decent and orderly people; and it is only to be regretted that any of our countrymen should be so easily de-luded. Towards the close Cairns read a letter, which he said was from a postmaster, who lived about 105 miles from Nauvoo, giving an account of Smith's death. It also stated that Smith knew he was about to die, for he called the Church to-gether, and appointed a successor, and 15 days be-fore his death he gave orders to have a vault fin-ished that had been standing for some time in a half-built state; and he had it nicely whitewashed, and gates hung upon it, so that it might be ready for him; and this the Glasgow Latter-Day Saints appeared eager enough to swallow.—Glasgow Ex-aminer.